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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Early Head Start"”.
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One step forward, two steps back: Making change in Early Head Start
… a field study of families and home visitors in Early Head Start. Its purpose is to understand the social context of infants born into poverty and to understand the home visiting relationship when families receive intervention services from home visitors who are socially and economically …
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Family Service Delivery in Early Head Start: Perspectives of Professionals in Six States
This study employed a survey method to obtain an understanding of these issues from staff working in 40 EHS programs (Waves I--IV) in six Midwestern states. In addition, phone interviews with EHS directors provided program demographics and background information. Results from the study showed that …
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Early Head Start and Early Intervention: A Collaborative Approach to Serving Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities in Natural Environments
… which children with Part C IFSPs are served by Early Head Start programs (funded in Wave 1 and 2). In addition, the settings that Wave 1 and Wave 2 Early Head Start programs use to serve infants and toddlers were examined. Finally, this study explored the types of collaboration that were …
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Understanding the schooling and literacy beliefs, behaviors, and self-efficacy of early head start parents using confirmatory factor analysis: A pilot survey study
… American population, which is about 70% of the Early Head Start and Head Start population in the state of Georgia, possess and perform nonmainstream beliefs and behaviors that researchers and educators are unaware of and do not value at school (Compton-Lilly, 2009). Therefore, the purpose of …
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Immigrant and U.S. Born Early Head Start Families: Exploring the Relationship Between Parenting Stress, Attachment Behaviors, Primary Caregiver Depressive Symptoms, and Parent-child Attachment in a Nationally-representative Sample
… attachment in a nationally-representative Early Head Start sample of 2349 families. Additionally, the study explored whether there were differences between immigrant families and U.S. born families in terms of the main study variables. The study used a nationally representative secondary …
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A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Perceptions in Early Childhood Intervention Partnership
… infants and toddlers for further learning. Early experiences and relationships impact that early cognitive development. As the literature suggests, the greatest opportunity to break the cycle of poverty and decrease the achievement gap is to intervene early with at risk young children and …
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PEP Talks: Partnerships for Educational Planning Talks
… increase ease with transition for families from Early Intervention to Preschool Special Education services, to increase the advocacy material parent educators provide to parents of children birth to three transitioning out of early head start programs, and to increase parent understanding, …
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Maternal Attachment, Maternal Caregiving Behavior, and Family Income: A Pilot Study
… under one year of age, enrolled in private early learning centers and Early Head Start completed self-report questionnaires to assess maternal attachment and maternal responsiveness. The prevalence of differing degrees of maternal emotional attachment and maternal caregiving behavior was …
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Parents' Experiences with Sociocultural Messages: Qualitative Theory Informing Prevention of Childhood Weight-Related Problems
… have begun to discuss the importance of starting prevention efforts during infancy and early childhood (Flynn et al., 2006; Olstad & McCargar, 2008). Caregivers and parents have the most impact on child eating and activity levels during early development, but there is scarce research on …
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From Baby Babble to Childhood Chatter: Predicting Infant and Toddler Communication Outcomes Using Longitudinal Modeling
The importance of early communication development for later literacy, school achievement, and social interaction cannot be understated, according to a large body of literature. There is a consensus in the field of childhood communication that intervention could be applied earlier to prevent …
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Group Behavioral Skills Training to Promote Preschool Teachers' Use of PRIDE Skills
<p>Early childhood educators report that challenging behavior is a common concern and report low levels of training and confidence in utilizing behavior management strategies to prevent and decrease instances of disruptive behavior. The literature demonstrates that Teacher Child Interaction …
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Home Visitors' Conceptions of Effective Practice in Home Visiting
… Home visitors (N = 5) employed by an Early Head Start-Home Based Option (EHS-HBO) program each recorded 8-14 of their home visits and met individually with a researcher four times overall. First, the home visitors answered open-ended pre-interview questions about effective home …
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Maternal Supportiveness of Infants at 1, 2, and 3 Years of Age in Low-Income Families: Associations With Maternal Characteristics, Child Characteristics, and Developmental Outcomes at 5 Years
… Behavior subtest, and various measures from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey. The study's data derived from the nationally representative Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, in which maternal supportiveness was assessed by means of observations of mother-infant …
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Home Visiting with Justice System Involved Women: A Qualitative Study
… The purpose of this study was to investigate one Early Head Start-Home Based Option program and their home visiting work with pregnant incarcerated women. The study explored the experience in services, support and barriers encountered by pregnant incarcerated women receiving home visiting …
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Examining the Complex Relationships of Early Intervention on Language and Psychosocial Development in Families Facing Multiple Risks with a Focus on Children of Hispanic Immigrants
… low and high income children can be seen as early the first year of life. The largest federal early care and education intervention for these vulnerable children is Early Head Start (EHS). To diminish these disparate child outcomes, EHS seeks to provide community based flexible programming …
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Parental Self-Efficacy, Parenting Stress, and Mental Health Among Latina Mothers of Young Children
… examining stress and family factors among Early Head Start (EHS) families. Mental health was assessed via the CES-D and the GAD-7. Parenting stress was measured with the use of the PSI-SF while parental self-efficacy was assessed with the PSOC. Composite variables were created reflecting …
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Exploring photo elicitation to engage head start families of children with disabilities
… with disabilities, to work collaboratively with Head Start professionals when planning and implementing family-centered interventions. Specifically, collaborations between families and Head Start Family Service Workers and the potential utility for a particular strategy, “photo elicitation,” to …